Flowers: Case Study: Barriers To Entry To Their Business?
Q4 - OE_Strengths
What do you see as Flowers’ particular strengths?
"Barriers to entry to their business. Their moats are wide."
Q5 - OE_Weaknesses
What do you see as Flowers’ particular weaknesses?
"To me it’s a hard thing to understand. It’s difficult for investors to understand the value of the company. Maybe it’s confusing for investors. It seems like it would be pretty straightforward but if there’s more volatility in the business than you’d expect, or maybe that investors don’t understand it. It’s complicated for investors, confusing for investors. I don’t think a lot of people do their homework or a lot of people understand what the drivers are. They think it’s easy to make bread. It’s a very fragile thing. That’s what it would be to me. Investors don’t appreciate the difficulty of running this business."
Q6k
Using a six-point scale where 6=strongly agree and 1=strongly disagree, please tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree that "Good earnings growth potential" describes Flowers.
"4 [6-pt. scale]. Near-term or long-term? …show more content…
scale]. They’re doing a great job of growing with what they have. It’s an industry obviously that, it’s bread, so therefore they are doing a good job but it’s not like it’s growing at e-commerce levels."
Q6o
Using a six-point scale where 6=strongly agree and 1=strongly disagree, please tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree that "Sound corporate governance practices" describes Flowers.
"Uncertain [6-pt. scale]. I don’t know that much about that one actually. I’ve looked at it but I can’t remember what my take on it was. They have good management and they are really good capital allocators and their conservative with how they run the business so I was positive on the board but I can’t remember exactly what I thought of tenure of the board or make up, different types of people. I can’t remember to be honest with you."
Q7 - OE_StrategyElements
What are the main elements of management’s business
What do you see as Flowers’ particular strengths?
"Barriers to entry to their business. Their moats are wide."
Q5 - OE_Weaknesses
What do you see as Flowers’ particular weaknesses?
"To me it’s a hard thing to understand. It’s difficult for investors to understand the value of the company. Maybe it’s confusing for investors. It seems like it would be pretty straightforward but if there’s more volatility in the business than you’d expect, or maybe that investors don’t understand it. It’s complicated for investors, confusing for investors. I don’t think a lot of people do their homework or a lot of people understand what the drivers are. They think it’s easy to make bread. It’s a very fragile thing. That’s what it would be to me. Investors don’t appreciate the difficulty of running this business."
Q6k
Using a six-point scale where 6=strongly agree and 1=strongly disagree, please tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree that "Good earnings growth potential" describes Flowers.
"4 [6-pt. scale]. Near-term or long-term? …show more content…
scale]. They’re doing a great job of growing with what they have. It’s an industry obviously that, it’s bread, so therefore they are doing a good job but it’s not like it’s growing at e-commerce levels."
Q6o
Using a six-point scale where 6=strongly agree and 1=strongly disagree, please tell me the extent to which you agree or disagree that "Sound corporate governance practices" describes Flowers.
"Uncertain [6-pt. scale]. I don’t know that much about that one actually. I’ve looked at it but I can’t remember what my take on it was. They have good management and they are really good capital allocators and their conservative with how they run the business so I was positive on the board but I can’t remember exactly what I thought of tenure of the board or make up, different types of people. I can’t remember to be honest with you."
Q7 - OE_StrategyElements
What are the main elements of management’s business